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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Sociology

Undergraduate Course: Fundamentals: Developing Sociological Imagination (SCIL08010)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits0 ECTS Credits0
SummaryThis course encourages students to take enjoyment in sociological ideas and apply them in everyday life. The course aims to induct first year students into the Sociology subject area and help students to develop the sociological study skills required at university level.

Students MUST be in year 1 of a Sociology degree programme (single or combined honours) or Sustainable Development with Sociology as their main subject. Students taking degree programmes in other subjects may not take this course
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed:
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Students MUST be in year 1 of a Sociology degree programme (single or combined honours) or Sustainable Development with Sociology as their main subject. Students taking degree programmes in other subjects may not take this course.
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Gain competence and confidence in the key study skills of literature searching, critical sociological thinking and evaluating online sources
  2. Learn how to present sociological ideas effectively in writing and orally
  3. Learn how to improve sociological understanding and the standard of assessed work through learning from feedback and from peers
  4. Learn how to interpret basic numerical sociological information presented in tables and graphically
  5. Be able to apply sociological ideas in thinking about the media, popular culture, and other dimensions of everyday life
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiser Martin Booker
Tel:
Email: M.Booker@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Laura Thiessen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3932
Email: laura.thiessen@ed.ac.uk
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